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seven-time winner of the tour de france. this is the biggest fraud in the history of sport, the biggest. he couldn't have done it alone. >> armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france victories, banned from his sport, left his charity and lost nearly everything. but he hopes comments like these he made on the own network -- >> they are my mistake and i'm sorry for that. >> -- might be enough to help restore his reputation and rewrite his story. >> you win the tour de france seven times, you have a happy marriage, you have children -- it's just this mythic, perfect story. and it wasn't true. >> it's the greatest sports story ever told in many ways. that's why it's been the most traumatic fall from grace. >> yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. my cocktail, so to speak, was only epo, but not a lot, transfusions and testosterone. >> doping, he told winfrey, was just part of doing business. >> we have to have air in our tires or we have to have water in our bottl
seven-time winner of the tour de france. this is the biggest fraud in the history of sport, the biggest. he couldn't have done it alone. >> armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france victories, banned from his sport, left his charity and lost nearly everything. but he hopes comments like these he made on the own network -- >> they are my mistake and i'm sorry for that. >> -- might be enough to help restore his reputation and rewrite his story. >> you win the...
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the doctor was questioned and later charged under france's anti-drugs act. >> as the 1998 tour de france got under way, the lid was blown off systematic doping in the peloton. >> it was pretty clear it was a major problem. french police are arresting team members or followers with industrial quantities of doping substances and equipment. >> the following year, the tour de france was billed as the tour of renewal. teams were terrified of being raided. but lance armstrong came prepared with a delivery man in tow called moto man. >> it was a gardener/handy man for lance armstrong. to get epo for the tour de france, we came up with a plan. and the plan had moto man involved where he would follow the race, always stayed within probably a half hour drive of our motorcycle drive from our hotel. he basically had the container filled with epo. and he would basically just wait for a phone call on a secret phone. when he had to do a delivery, he would do a delivery. >> armstrong coming up now. can he get off to a great start in the tour de france? he is aiming at 8:09. 8:02.51. lance armstrong with
the doctor was questioned and later charged under france's anti-drugs act. >> as the 1998 tour de france got under way, the lid was blown off systematic doping in the peloton. >> it was pretty clear it was a major problem. french police are arresting team members or followers with industrial quantities of doping substances and equipment. >> the following year, the tour de france was billed as the tour of renewal. teams were terrified of being raided. but lance armstrong came...
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just wants to forget the stain on its beloved tour de france. most french, though, say that they're just exhausted with this story. they've had enough. and they want the world to move on. victor? >> zain, thanks. let's go back now to randi kaye, live on the national mall in d.c. and we know that there's at least one fife and drum squad there, practicing and preparing. and we've seen all week, all the preps with even the stand-ins for the first family as they prepare for the inauguration. >> yeah, they don't want anything to go wrong here, so they've been practicing for weeks now. and yes, we have a little bit of free music here on the mall, that i'm sure will continue throughout the morning. we'll also have plenty of security here on the mall and around washington, in the days ahead. we'll be talking about that. but do you worry that airport security guards get a little too close? a look at you and your family with those new whole body scanners. well, we'll tell you about some changes the tsa is making after much public outcry. well, i didn. see
just wants to forget the stain on its beloved tour de france. most french, though, say that they're just exhausted with this story. they've had enough. and they want the world to move on. victor? >> zain, thanks. let's go back now to randi kaye, live on the national mall in d.c. and we know that there's at least one fife and drum squad there, practicing and preparing. and we've seen all week, all the preps with even the stand-ins for the first family as they prepare for the inauguration....
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. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row? >> not in my opinion. >> he did it. did all of it. disarmly frank. george howell is in austin, texas this morning. george, the latest on this really fascinating interview. >> john, good morning. you know, all you can say is wow. right off the top of this interview, he confessed. and as a reporter who is here in austin some 12 years ago, covering his rise, this is something honestly i can say many people in this community thought in the back of his minds, even as he viciously attacked those who doubted him. we know it was lance armstrong who was living as he describes himself as one big lie. lance armstrong spent years trying to outrun allegations that he used performance enhancing substances to fuel his successful cycling career. that race is now over. >> it was a big deal to you? did it feel wrong? >> at the time? >> yeah. >> no. >> it didn't feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were che
. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row? >> not in my opinion. >> he did it. did all of it. disarmly frank. george howell is in austin, texas this morning. george, the latest on this really fascinating interview. >> john, good morning. you know, all you can say is wow. right off the top of this interview, he confessed. and as a reporter who is here in austin some 12 years ago, covering his rise, this is...
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a cycling analyst and called lance armstrong's first tour de france race. what did you think of the interview last night? >> i thought for lance, it is pretty good. never going to give a weepy, cry ing apology. i thought the biggest was the cortizone admission. >> why was that the biggest? >> he had a positive test and if everybody wasn't willing to get rid of that, that seven years would never happen. i thought that was a very big admission. >> oprah asked him a lot about cheating, and i thought his abc was riveting. listen. >> i had this exercise, because i kept hearing -- >> that you're a cheat. >> i'm a drug cheat, cheat, i'm a cheater. i went in, looked up the definition of cheat. >> yes. >> and the definition of cheat is to gain advantage on raval or foe that they don't have. and i didn't view it that way. i viewed it as a level playing field. >> something psychologically so odd about that answer. what looks up that definition of cheating. if you are winning over and over, you clearly don't have a level playing field. >> and that is not the definition
a cycling analyst and called lance armstrong's first tour de france race. what did you think of the interview last night? >> i thought for lance, it is pretty good. never going to give a weepy, cry ing apology. i thought the biggest was the cortizone admission. >> why was that the biggest? >> he had a positive test and if everybody wasn't willing to get rid of that, that seven years would never happen. i thought that was a very big admission. >> oprah asked him a lot...
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the tour de france will get back the prize money. but the biggest risk he faces is this federal whistleblower suit that was filed by floyd landis, one of the fellow riders, possibly joined by the federal government later. $30 million that went to the postal service team. that's federal money. potentially triple damages. so he is looking at as much as $90 million -- >> does he have that much money? >> i've seen estimates of over $100 million in his account. now i don't know if he's going to have a judgment of $90 million against him, but you are still talking about an enormous amount of money. no lawyer in the world would have advised him to do this. there is -- this was some psychological thing. this was not a legal justification. >> erin it was an incredibly gripping interview. there's going to be more tomorrow night and no doubt a lot more to talk about. >> you say no lawyer in the world. hearing jeff say that, would have advised him to do that. what's going to come next in terms of whether he's going to testify under oath. that's
the tour de france will get back the prize money. but the biggest risk he faces is this federal whistleblower suit that was filed by floyd landis, one of the fellow riders, possibly joined by the federal government later. $30 million that went to the postal service team. that's federal money. potentially triple damages. so he is looking at as much as $90 million -- >> does he have that much money? >> i've seen estimates of over $100 million in his account. now i don't know if he's...
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lance armstrong won seven tour de france titles. the reason why now that the titles have been stripped and haven't given to the second place finishers, every second place finisher has been found implicated in performance enhancing drugs. the sport makes major league baseball look clean in comparison. it makes las vegas look like salt lake city. it's just the sort of thing that they need to actually now get started and prove that this wasn't just about chasing lance armstrong, the big white whale, this wasn't just about going after him which lance armstrong and his defenders said, this business cleaning up the sport. >> how do they even start that process when you talk about this? this is a sport that doesn't seem to have all that much legitimacy when you look at top level cyclists around the globe now. >> yeah. i mean it's very difficult to get started in terms of cleaning up the sport. the first reason is that the sport itself is very dangerous. if you have the same number of deaths in the national football league that you've had i
lance armstrong won seven tour de france titles. the reason why now that the titles have been stripped and haven't given to the second place finishers, every second place finisher has been found implicated in performance enhancing drugs. the sport makes major league baseball look clean in comparison. it makes las vegas look like salt lake city. it's just the sort of thing that they need to actually now get started and prove that this wasn't just about chasing lance armstrong, the big white...
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because when he finished third in the tour de france, that's pretty darn good. and if he's saying he did that clean, then that's pretty remarkable. so he wants to give himself some credibility here. bill, what do you think? >> it seems important. to him. i've talked to him quite a bit about those comeback years. i wrote a book about his comeback. he was always adamant to me then and now that he was clean. there's a bio passport. they took some samples. it seemed to show otherwise. but he's really holding fast to this. there are just certain things that he just does not seem ready to give up now. and maybe ever. that's what we're going to find out as the months and weeks and years go on. >> it would be bizarre for him to then later on say, well, actually, i also lied about something i said to oprah winfrey. i mean, we've seen this before. john edward did this famously when he came clean on the affair with rielle hunter, but refused to admit he'd fathered the child with her and then his coming clean interview wasn't really a coming clean interview. i also want to
because when he finished third in the tour de france, that's pretty darn good. and if he's saying he did that clean, then that's pretty remarkable. so he wants to give himself some credibility here. bill, what do you think? >> it seems important. to him. i've talked to him quite a bit about those comeback years. i wrote a book about his comeback. he was always adamant to me then and now that he was clean. there's a bio passport. they took some samples. it seemed to show otherwise. but...
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france was the most important language for almost 300 years. you know what, we're probably going to feel same way about mandarin one day. but you know what? come on. we don't ban your words. we are grateful for them. a la carte, bon appetit. we use them. we adore them. it's really too bad you're so goesh that you have to ban ours. "piers morgan tonight" is next. e had to be bulky. or that you had to print from your desk. at least, nobody said it to us. introducing the business smart inkjet all-in-one series from brother. easy to use. it's the ultimate combination of speed, small size, and low-cost printing. to the best vacation sp(all) the gulf! it doesn't matter which of our great states folks visit. mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect tim
france was the most important language for almost 300 years. you know what, we're probably going to feel same way about mandarin one day. but you know what? come on. we don't ban your words. we are grateful for them. a la carte, bon appetit. we use them. we adore them. it's really too bad you're so goesh that you have to ban ours. "piers morgan tonight" is next. e had to be bulky. or that you had to print from your desk. at least, nobody said it to us. introducing the business smart...
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what happens if france fails? mali after all is the number one haven for jihadists around the world. if france fails, what is the united states going to end up having to do? >> i don't think -- look, the way jay carney describes it from the podium, it sounds what i call the libyan model. we will provide intelligence, logistics support, maybe some air support, but we're not going to put troops on the ground. they have a big belief, the bigger threat and i think it's probably correct, direct threat to the united states is from yemen. we're not interested in getting involved in mali. look on the african continent. the one direct threat to the united states from the african continent really does come from somalia. we can trace americans who have gone there to fight and we don't want the sort of really sad history of blackhawk down. we don't want to go back to somalia. we're not going to mali. the malinans know it. the french know it. we will not put boots on the ground there. >>> "outfront" next, an investigation, chi
what happens if france fails? mali after all is the number one haven for jihadists around the world. if france fails, what is the united states going to end up having to do? >> i don't think -- look, the way jay carney describes it from the podium, it sounds what i call the libyan model. we will provide intelligence, logistics support, maybe some air support, but we're not going to put troops on the ground. they have a big belief, the bigger threat and i think it's probably correct,...
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government and elsewhere, are not confident in france's ability to fully do that. will the united states be able to avoid more significant involvement or not? >> i think we have to plan as if we won't be able to avoid this kind of significant involvement. basically what that means is just as general clark mentioned, we are going to have to make sure that we have the right kind of sensors? pla in place, logistics in place, do the planning that puts the right kinds of troops in place should we need to go in and do something preferably with a surgical variety. this is going to be a major issue for us because the french will be able to achieve certain tactical successes. but from the broad strategic standpoint, it's going to be more difficult for them to root out this al qaeda element. >> thanks very much to both you have. we appreciate it. >>>. >> still to come, a major labbyist for the nra admitted the nra was wrong. >>> some of the most powerful people in the world flock to a speech by the ceo of yahoo!. and then something truly bizarre happened. >>> a catholic hosp
government and elsewhere, are not confident in france's ability to fully do that. will the united states be able to avoid more significant involvement or not? >> i think we have to plan as if we won't be able to avoid this kind of significant involvement. basically what that means is just as general clark mentioned, we are going to have to make sure that we have the right kind of sensors? pla in place, logistics in place, do the planning that puts the right kinds of troops in place should...
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>> yes. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> this morning we'll answer the big question, what's next for armstrong now that his reputation is in shambles. does this confession land him in new legal and financial jeopardy and can he ultimately redeem himself and rehab his reputation? and did oprah do the job in her exclusive interview? we begin our coverage this morning with cnn's george howell. >> reporter: lance armstrong spent years trying to outrun allegations that he used performance enhancing substances to fuel his successful cycling career. that race is now over. >> was it a big deal to you? did it feel wrong? >> at the time? >> uh-huh. >> no. >> it did not even feel wrong. >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> reporter: after decades of denials, the seven tour de france winner came clean in part one of a wide ranging interview with oprah winfrey. >> i am flawed, deeply flawed
>> yes. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> this morning we'll answer the big question, what's next for armstrong now that his reputation is in shambles. does this confession land him in new legal and financial jeopardy and can he ultimately redeem himself and rehab his reputation? and did oprah do the job in her exclusive interview? we begin our coverage this morning with...
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>> yes. >> in your opinion was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> wow. and that was just in the first minute and a half of the interview. you kind of got it all there. but, really, there is so much more, and i'm going to play a lot more in the hour ahead. you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it started, austin, texas, lance armstrong's hometown, home base. cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here, was it believable, you know, he said all of the right words, but is he truly, sincerely apologetic, you know, for what he did here? and when you talk to people, some ask, you know, does it really make a difference, and some say they are disappointed. there are cyclists w
>> yes. >> in your opinion was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> wow. and that was just in the first minute and a half of the interview. you kind of got it all there. but, really, there is so much more, and i'm going to play a lot more in the hour ahead. you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it...
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the president of france is taking france in directions that are truly unsustainable economically. but for germany, it's one thing if greece were to leave, but for france, it can't leave. if you're germany, that's the whole core, the whole concept, the dynamic of post-world war ii european integration. germany will go to great lengths, i think really whatever lengths it takes to keep france in. europe will survive but economic growth is not going to take off, it's still going to be extremely weak because it doesn't have in place any of the prequick sists of robust economic growth. >> the head of morgan stanley's emerging markets fund had a piece where he said europe is actually going to bounce back in 2013 because they have paid the price, they've done a lot of the difficult reforms that countries often have to do in these kind of crises and that they'll reap the benefits. >> that's starting. greek labor rates right now are about 25% less than they were at the start of the crisis. they're becoming more competitive and export more. you see spanish exports picking up as well. certain
the president of france is taking france in directions that are truly unsustainable economically. but for germany, it's one thing if greece were to leave, but for france, it can't leave. if you're germany, that's the whole core, the whole concept, the dynamic of post-world war ii european integration. germany will go to great lengths, i think really whatever lengths it takes to keep france in. europe will survive but economic growth is not going to take off, it's still going to be extremely...
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he admits using banned substances in the tour de france. and most shockingly of all, he wasn't afraid of getting caught. he was the biggest cheat in public sport u and shame on him. former governor mark sanford caught himself in an affair and a bit of a political punch line. before you get too nervous, i'm not in any way linking what happened to you with the kind of grotesque confessions spilling out of lance armstrong's mouth. i have to ask you, as somebody who has been through, i guess the mincer of getting caught, doing something you shouldn't have been and all of the public abuse that comes your way and the downfall and so on, what do you feel for lance armstrong tonight on that level? >> i feel bad for him. you know, it's a remarkable storm he's about to go through. i suspect he'll go through the depths of a personal journey that maybe will bring him to a humbler spot and a spot where he recognizes the grace and giving of others and maybe appreciates it for the first time. >> what did you learn about yourself? because i have interviewe
he admits using banned substances in the tour de france. and most shockingly of all, he wasn't afraid of getting caught. he was the biggest cheat in public sport u and shame on him. former governor mark sanford caught himself in an affair and a bit of a political punch line. before you get too nervous, i'm not in any way linking what happened to you with the kind of grotesque confessions spilling out of lance armstrong's mouth. i have to ask you, as somebody who has been through, i guess the...
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the president of france is taking france in directions that are truly unsustainable economically. france can't leave if you're germany because that's the whole core, the whole dynamic. the relationship. germany will go to great lengths, really, whatever lengths it takes to keep france in. europe will survive but economic growth is not going to take off, still extremely weak because it doesn't have in place any of the prerequisites. >> the head of morgan stanley had a piece where he said that europe is actually going to bounce back in 2013 because they have paid the price, they've done a lot of the difficult reforms that countries often have to do in these kind of crises and that they'll reap the benefits. >> that's starting. greek labor rates right now are about 25% less than they were at the start of the crisis. they're becoming more competitive and spanish exports picking up, as well. bloated sectors in portugal, spain and italy are coming back and you're seeing more competitiveness. europe is in recession and unemployment is at record levels and that's not going to stop in 2013
the president of france is taking france in directions that are truly unsustainable economically. france can't leave if you're germany because that's the whole core, the whole dynamic. the relationship. germany will go to great lengths, really, whatever lengths it takes to keep france in. europe will survive but economic growth is not going to take off, still extremely weak because it doesn't have in place any of the prerequisites. >> the head of morgan stanley had a piece where he said...
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using banned substances at the tour de france. most shocking of all he was not afraid of getting caught. it is all out there now. lance armstrong the biggest jeeter in the history of sport and shame on him. i want to bring in somebody, the former south carolina governor committed to an affair and found him a political punch line. he is making a comeback and running for congress and he joins me now exclusively. thank you for joining me. i am not linking what happened to you with the grotesque confessions spelling out lance armstrong. i have to ask you as somebody who has been through the minister of getting caught, doing something you should not have been and all the public abuse that comes your way and the downfall, what do you feel for lance armstrong tonight on that level? >> i feel bad for him. it is a remarkable storm that he is about to go through. i will suspect he will go through the steps of the personal journey. that maybe will bring in to a more humble spot and a spot or in he recognizes the grace and the giving of other
using banned substances at the tour de france. most shocking of all he was not afraid of getting caught. it is all out there now. lance armstrong the biggest jeeter in the history of sport and shame on him. i want to bring in somebody, the former south carolina governor committed to an affair and found him a political punch line. he is making a comeback and running for congress and he joins me now exclusively. thank you for joining me. i am not linking what happened to you with the grotesque...
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the militants' move prompted france to take action over the weekend. they put boots on the ground and went all in, bombing rebel training camps and other targets. so what will the united states do? a pentagon official told me this afternoon that the u.s. will participate in mali, but, and i want to make sure i put quotes around this, it's still deciding what that looks like. when we went to the mali border last summer, i saw first hand how dangerous the situation is. today, we spoke to some of our sources on the ground, including the military commander of the al qaeda's linked group. he told us that the militants are, in his words, excited and would welcome u.s. troops on the ground. he also said the french bombs have killed civilians and that france is signing a death warrant for french people around the world, opening the gates of hell. omar said the militants will fight to the end and this will be a long war, more dangerous than afghanistan or iraq. we also spoke to a fighter from a tribe who lives in northern mali. you saw him here this summer. he
the militants' move prompted france to take action over the weekend. they put boots on the ground and went all in, bombing rebel training camps and other targets. so what will the united states do? a pentagon official told me this afternoon that the u.s. will participate in mali, but, and i want to make sure i put quotes around this, it's still deciding what that looks like. when we went to the mali border last summer, i saw first hand how dangerous the situation is. today, we spoke to some of...
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>> yes. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> one big lie that lasted 13 years. watch what armstrong said when he was asked why he did it. >> i was used to controlling everything in my life. i controlled every outcome in my life. >> you've been doing that forever. >> yeah, especially when it comes to sport. but the last thing i'll say is that now the story is so bad and so toxic, and a lot of it is true. >> i want you to stay with me. next hour we're looking at the confession, the psychology behind it, the legal consequences, the effects of armstrong's so-called drug cocktail and we'll speak to a former teammate. it is one hour, this is a special on the crash of an american icon. don't miss it. 3:00 eastern. >>> coming up, new jersey governor chris christie, again, coming to the defense of the president, lashing out at the nra. plus, he is the man deadspin says perpetrated this manti te'o alleged girlfriend hoax. now cnn is talking to the father of the former high school football pla
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in the 2004 tour du france he held the france's overall lead but surprised everyone when he chased down filipo cimioni. why? only to punish him and prove a point. he had crossed armstrong in the past by testifying against dr. ferrari about doping. armstrong publicly called simioni a liar and told him privately he could, quote, destroy him. after catching him, this gesture of armstrong during the race was widely seen to be directed toward simioni, a warning to stay silent. former teammate tyler hamilton followed a code of silence and lied about doping until this "60 minutes" interview >> you saw lance armstrong inject epo? >> yeah, like we all did. like i did many, many times. >> after that interview aired, hamilton began to cooperate with the federal investigation into armstrong. he was physically acosted by armstrong inside a restaurant according to an affidavit and armstrong told hamilton he would make his life a living hell. >> why would they say these things? >> armstrong was asked in an interview about espn about his former friends and teammates who testified about doping. he had o
in the 2004 tour du france he held the france's overall lead but surprised everyone when he chased down filipo cimioni. why? only to punish him and prove a point. he had crossed armstrong in the past by testifying against dr. ferrari about doping. armstrong publicly called simioni a liar and told him privately he could, quote, destroy him. after catching him, this gesture of armstrong during the race was widely seen to be directed toward simioni, a warning to stay silent. former teammate tyler...
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that didn't stop him, though, from being stripped of his seven tour de france titles and following a damming report last october from the u.s. anti-doping agency that stated armstrong led the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen. he has told associates and anti-doping officials that he is considering publicly admitting he did use, his austin-texed based attorney said he is not in discussions with world anti-doping agencies about a possible admission. what is the 41-year-old's motivation to come clean? according to "new york times" to persuade anti-doping officials to restore his eligibility so he can resume his athletic career. he is hoping to compete in triathlon, the sport that upheld the ban against him taking part in sanction events. know confession would bring legal mine fields that testified under oath that he was not tainted by illegal substances. randi? >> mark mckay, thank you very much. >>> this weekend means one thing for nfl fans, playoffs. afc houston texans knocking off the cincinnati bengals, 19-13 to book a meetin
that didn't stop him, though, from being stripped of his seven tour de france titles and following a damming report last october from the u.s. anti-doping agency that stated armstrong led the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen. he has told associates and anti-doping officials that he is considering publicly admitting he did use, his austin-texed based attorney said he is not in discussions with world anti-doping agencies about a possible...
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if france doesn't get it done, would you put boots on the ground? >> the french foreign legion, the battalions they have deployed are very, very good. the neighboring countries, also, like algeria, has an interest. nigeria has an interest. they don't want to see this cancer spread. so the u.s. position here is to provide the logistics and also to provide the intelligence in order to help get this job done. not to provide boots on the ground. that's not our role here. this is for the countries of north africa and west africa along with working with the french government who has already had so many of its own citizens seized and ransomed over the years. with 6,000 citizens remaining in mali, they have decided to take a stand. we need to back them in that stand that they have taken. >>> the chairman of the house intelligence committee, mike rogers, is going to be our guest later in the hour to find out the latest on what we know about these americans being held hostage >>> up front, the nra has taken on gun control with a controversial new ad involving
if france doesn't get it done, would you put boots on the ground? >> the french foreign legion, the battalions they have deployed are very, very good. the neighboring countries, also, like algeria, has an interest. nigeria has an interest. they don't want to see this cancer spread. so the u.s. position here is to provide the logistics and also to provide the intelligence in order to help get this job done. not to provide boots on the ground. that's not our role here. this is for the...
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he was a fairy tale story from the very first time he won the tour de france. and people were enamored with it. that's including many of the journalists who were covering it. and if anybody wrote anything that was negative, he sometimes would call you on the phone in the morning, yelling at you or criticizing you, or he would actually blackball you and not give you any interviews if you wrote anything negative. and for a journalist who had made their money or made their living covering cycling or covering lance armstrong, to not get access to lance that meant they were dead in the water. so he had a lot of power. >> can he portray himself as just one of many people on his team who dope? because i read an article in the "times" i think it was that seemed to indicate that was the way he was going to spin this, that he wasn't at the epicenter of this. >> he can try. he can try to do that. but i think it's going to be difficult for him because of the thousand pages. >> right. >> of evidence that paint a very different picture. >> right. >> because of the book "the
he was a fairy tale story from the very first time he won the tour de france. and people were enamored with it. that's including many of the journalists who were covering it. and if anybody wrote anything that was negative, he sometimes would call you on the phone in the morning, yelling at you or criticizing you, or he would actually blackball you and not give you any interviews if you wrote anything negative. and for a journalist who had made their money or made their living covering cycling...
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compared to the tour de france. >> yes, compared to the tour de france, but triathlons are a big sport. jeff, i don't know how often you're running out there but there are a lot of folks competing in triathlons. there's not the scale of the tour de france, but there are a lot of events in which -- he's a competitor. he wants to compete. >> well, you can also time yourself and see if you can beat your next time. you can also be a normal weekend athlete. i agree with jeff. it's a puzzle that he would do this, 4.3 million people watched this last night. it turned into sort of a super bowl. but lance turns everything into sort of a super bowl. that's what being lance is. he's always had this cinematic sense of self that he's always been filmed in his own movie. he's almost addicted to that notion of himself as a hero. i think that's one of the more moving things at the end when she said what kind of human being are you, and he didn't have much of an answer, did he? >> we have to take a quick break. we'll have more with our panel on the other side. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer
compared to the tour de france. >> yes, compared to the tour de france, but triathlons are a big sport. jeff, i don't know how often you're running out there but there are a lot of folks competing in triathlons. there's not the scale of the tour de france, but there are a lot of events in which -- he's a competitor. he wants to compete. >> well, you can also time yourself and see if you can beat your next time. you can also be a normal weekend athlete. i agree with jeff. it's a...
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the problem that he faces is that you can win the tour de france but it's hard to win a confession. that has to do with genuine feeling. it has to do with contrition. >> juliette, you were saying the most important thing to remember is that armstrong is an athlete, that he's not in this to say sorry, clean up cycling or help charity. he wants to compete in competitions and he can't do that now. >> exactly. i think the difference between several months ago and now is that he has had several months of no competition and for a guy like lance armstrong, that must be torture. he has been an athlete since he has just been a little kid, like a teenager. he was a professional triathlete and barely finished high school because of his triathlon career and he has had time to think about how he is lonely, how he doesn't have the adulation of fans at the finish line and nobody to beat right now and it's driving him nuts. >> legally, roger, there's a whole bunch of reasons why he should not have done this, right? >> yeah. you know, i hear what the other guests are saying, but as a lawyer, it goes
the problem that he faces is that you can win the tour de france but it's hard to win a confession. that has to do with genuine feeling. it has to do with contrition. >> juliette, you were saying the most important thing to remember is that armstrong is an athlete, that he's not in this to say sorry, clean up cycling or help charity. he wants to compete in competitions and he can't do that now. >> exactly. i think the difference between several months ago and now is that he has had...
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there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for him to come into the public's grace. >> maybe he does do some triathlons, if he decides to do that, is there any way that he could actually fool people again, that he might be able to cheat again if he wanted to? >> well, like jennifer anniston said on friends, once a cheater, and i think that's going to be people's expectation at the very start. it's going to be guilty until proven innocent for him for the rest of his days, no matter where it is in the public eye. whether it's a career in politics, whether it's something that he's interested in. or whether it's trying to reassume a place on the
there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for him to come into the public's...
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when writing that book, you did a lot of research and actually went tour de france. when you spoke with the athletes, how widespread did you find that doping really is? >>. >> one thing i found my initial impressions of what was going on were very incorrect. because i had written a previous book about cycling that got a lot of attention in the cycling community, i was fortunate that a lot of athletes wanted to talk to me. they knew that i was writing a book. they knew that it dealt with the pressures to use drugs, and they were willing to tell me exactly what they were going through because they didn't want to say it publicly, but they did want the story to get out, and i found out it was very widespread obviously. >> and you've actually said when it comes to cycling, if you don't dope, you become irrelevant. i mean, do you think the sport could ever be clean? >> yeah, absolutely. there's some good things happening. there's a new method of testing which is called the biological passport which doesn't test for drugs. it tests for changes in your parameters. and i have
when writing that book, you did a lot of research and actually went tour de france. when you spoke with the athletes, how widespread did you find that doping really is? >>. >> one thing i found my initial impressions of what was going on were very incorrect. because i had written a previous book about cycling that got a lot of attention in the cycling community, i was fortunate that a lot of athletes wanted to talk to me. they knew that i was writing a book. they knew that it dealt...
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i have spoken to officials who are concerned about france's ability and capacity to execute this, to fulfill their mission of eradicating terrorism and terrorists in mali. how far are you willing to go? >> the fench foreign legion, the battalions are very good. the neighboring countries like algeria have an interest. they don't want to see this cancer spread. and so the u.s.'s position here is to provide the logistics and also to provide the intelligence in order to help get this job done but not to provide boots on the ground. that is not our role here. this is for the countries of north africa and west africa along with the french government who has already had so many of the citizen ises seized and ransomed over the years that with 6,000 citizens remaining in mali they have decided to take a stand. we need to back them in that stand. >> we appreciate you taking the time and mike rogers is going to be our guest later on in the hour. find out the latest on what we know about the americans being held hostage tonight. >>> the nra is taking on gun control with a controversial new ad in
i have spoken to officials who are concerned about france's ability and capacity to execute this, to fulfill their mission of eradicating terrorism and terrorists in mali. how far are you willing to go? >> the fench foreign legion, the battalions are very good. the neighboring countries like algeria have an interest. they don't want to see this cancer spread. and so the u.s.'s position here is to provide the logistics and also to provide the intelligence in order to help get this job done...
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why is france only taking the lead here? >> because along with other countries, france has economic interests in that part of the world. this is an ex french colony. that part of the world was under french colonial rule and they believe it's in their natural self-interest to protect the government of mali and the central government of mali from being taken over by these islamist rebels, but other european countries are concerned as well. this turned into a regional issue and the risk as well, you may have militants who see france as a legitimate target. we've seen it with this gas platform kidnapping operation, for instance, and try to strike targets inside of france itself. french authorities of very well aware of this risk. >> hala gorani, excellent work. thank you for that. great background from hala. >>> switching to a talented young football star to tragically lost her grandmother and girlfriend on the very same day, but persevered and led his team to victory anyway. wrap a story. right? only problem is, it's just that.
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france's president is pushing a plan to legalize same sex marriage and adoptions. it faces strong opposition from the roman catholic church. the plan is expected to be voted on by the national assembly in march or february. a break for americans hoping to adopt russian kids, a ban on american adoptions will not go into effect until next year, according to a russian news agency. hundreds of russians in moscow protest the russian government's ban, believing that freeze on adoptions was passed as backlash for the passage of a new u.s. law, which targets human rights violations in russia about the decision to delay the ban means 46 adoptions underway should go through. former president george h.w. bush may finally get to leave the hospital this week, the 43rd president shown on his birthday in june has been in the hospital since november 23rd for bronchitis and then what was described as a stubborn fever, his son, jeb bush says his dad is expected to be released tomorrow. a family spokesman says they are hopeful he will be discharged but still taking things day to day.
france's president is pushing a plan to legalize same sex marriage and adoptions. it faces strong opposition from the roman catholic church. the plan is expected to be voted on by the national assembly in march or february. a break for americans hoping to adopt russian kids, a ban on american adoptions will not go into effect until next year, according to a russian news agency. hundreds of russians in moscow protest the russian government's ban, believing that freeze on adoptions was passed as...
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despite the fact that france's constitutional court ruled that france proposed tax plan is illegal and unfair, the french president is still trying to find a way to raise the tax rate on the wealthiest in his country from 41% to 75%. and you're complaining, america? as you can imagine, many in france are not very happy about this and some like actor gerard depardieu say they will abandon france rather than pay, give up their citizenship. but where will depardieu go? originally he would end up in bell gain where he owns a house but now there is another contender him. russia. putin has said he will grant citizenship because artists are easily offended and therefore i understand the feelings of depardieu. this is the same putin that had them locked up for rioting. is he he a big fan of his movies or just trying to get attention for himself? because everything putin does, usually shirtless, by the way, seems to, well, you know, promote vladimir putin and the toy industry, take a look at this ultra realistic vladimir putin doll. it comes dressed in a suit and tie and includes a wrist watch,
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this is a seven-time tour de france winner. somebody that brought a sport to its height of popularity in the united states. no longer. now he's this sort of tarnished, fallen from grace icon. >> no question. all right. thank you. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >>> it will be another two months before the accused shooter in the colorado theater massacre hears the 166 charges against him. yesterday a judge delayed james holmes' arraignment to give the defense more time to prepare. but as jim spellman reports, the delay is hard to handle for family members of victims. >> reporter: over three days, prosecutors in the aurora theater shooting case laid out what they allege is a cold-blooded, deliberate attack by defendant james holmes. family members in court heard from police officers and coroners that holmes not only planned the attack that ultimately killed 12 and wounded 58 but he took disturbing photos of himself while making the preparations. steve hernandez, father of victim rebecca wingo, blurted out, "rot in hell, holmes,"
this is a seven-time tour de france winner. somebody that brought a sport to its height of popularity in the united states. no longer. now he's this sort of tarnished, fallen from grace icon. >> no question. all right. thank you. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >>> it will be another two months before the accused shooter in the colorado theater massacre hears the 166 charges against him. yesterday a judge delayed james holmes' arraignment to give the defense more time...
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people were saying he was blood doping, he'd been blood doping throughout all the tour de frances that he won all seven of them. i'm sure that was true, but that sport was so rife with doping, so rife with cheating, so rife with the use of performance enhancers, i said, all right, if that's all they have, then he basically is equaling the playing field. he overcame cancer, which is an incredible story. he starts this foundation, livestrong, which is really, really doing great work on behalf of millions of cancer survivors. so, i -- you know, look, at the end of the day, it was my fault, but i do cringe when i see that cover. it's embarrassing, and i said, i believe in him, he's a hero, and just leave him alone. because it did seem like a witch hunt for ten years, by travis tiger and the u.s. anti-doping agency, but i was wrong. >> i wanted to just play a clip, when you defended him, you call him a hero, which you did back in august, but here's what you said at the time. i'm sure a very different tone from now, when you know things are different. but here is you then. >> i think there's
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reports say this attack was in response to france's military action in mali. what do you know about this? >> reporter: that's what this group who took these hostages, they call themselves the masked brigade, an al qaeda affiliate, if you l is saying this was in response for french intervention in mali. what i'm told by sources is that they could be using this as an excuse. this french intervention and algerians is very controversial among this group. but the level of planning that went into this attack suggests that is predates any type of french intervention, and they could just be using this to protect the fact that they've been planning for so long. they're also looking for a few other things other than ending this intervention. they're looking for their prisoners that are held by algeria and others to be released to mali where the group is based. >> at this stage of the game right now there are so many hostages, as many as 40. what's being done to potentially free them? >> the algerians have the lead. they say they won't negotiate with the hostages, but cl
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in england and filed action in france against everybody involved. enough is enough. >> he didn't only deny the allegations, he fought back. does that make the apology, if it does come now, all the harder to accept? >> i think for a lot of people it will. he koor pursued the process to really clear himself, he decided not to partake in the process. that's the opposite of fighting. that's equivalent to pleading no contest. there a lot of people who were armed in his wake and deserve apologies and not just a confession. >> we want to talk about the potential legal implications and start by playing a chunk of tape from lance armstrong's 2005 deposition. listen. >> you have never taken any performance enhancing drug in connection with your cycling career? >> correct. >> that are includes any substance that has ever been banned? is that fair to say? >> correct. >> there is another part we don't have on tape, but we do have in transcript form. i want to read you some of that. this is the questioning of lance armstrong. the question. you understand that alt
in england and filed action in france against everybody involved. enough is enough. >> he didn't only deny the allegations, he fought back. does that make the apology, if it does come now, all the harder to accept? >> i think for a lot of people it will. he koor pursued the process to really clear himself, he decided not to partake in the process. that's the opposite of fighting. that's equivalent to pleading no contest. there a lot of people who were armed in his wake and deserve...